Sailor MoonSailor Stars Vol1
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Here we are with the first Region 2 Sailor Stars DVD! Talk about a long wait, huh?
Cover: Wow, I love this cover. Many of you have noticed that this is the same image used on the VCD releases of the Sailor Stars series in the 90's, however they didn't just copy and paste it, the touched it up, made it look a lot more "shiny" and actually, very similar in style with Pioneer's DVD covers for S and SuperS. Hell, they've even used the English Sailormoon title on the front of the DVD! This will fit right in with my collection.
The Menus: This being my first Region 2 Sailormoon Anime DVD I found the Main Menu to be completely different than what I expected. What we get is the night-time skyline of Tokyo after it's healed ala the Sailor Stars Opening Credits with animated city lights and an active box in the top left with clips of the episodes on the disk. Not very original, but crisp, clear and easy to navigate. The Chapter Select Menus are rather nice as it uses Nehelenia's mirrors as it's theme. Actually a pretty good idea and works very well. Chapter options aren't that great though, as we get basically 3 chapters; the opening, eye catch and second part and the preview of the next episode. Quite a lot of fast forwarding is still required if you're after that one special scene.
The Special Features: Very basic special features, but this is expected as it's a 6 disk season and has had 4 seasons released before it. Original content would understandably be hard to think of. What we get though it actually what Moonies would want, though not all Moonies would want. We get clean (i.e. no credits) opening and closing credits. Nothing else, but the picture quality is great. For the first time I noticed the aurora in the opening credits as the title comes on and the texture in the individual Sailor Soldier montages. A LOT more detail is noticeable with this release.
The Episodes: This disk contains the first 6 episodes of the Sailor Stars season. It's worth noting that the first 6 episodes work as a kind of epilogue to the SuperS season, giving the story the finale it deserved and a prequel to the Sailor Stars season by introducing certain elements that will be touched upon as the season progressed.
167. A Nightmare Which Scatters the Flowers! Return of the Evil Queen
168. The Awakening of Saturn! The Ten Sailor Soldiers Get Together
169. Evil Mirror Under a Curse! Mamoru in a Nightmare trap
170. The Fatal Night! The Agony of the Sailor Soldiers
171. For the Sake of Love! Endless War in the Evil World
172. The Power of Moon Love! The End of the Nightmare
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